Innovation Awards 2006

Winner: Cancer Care Ontario

Project: Building Colorectal Cancer Screening Capacity in Ontario

This pioneering program was created to expand Ontario's colorectal cancer screening capabilities by training non-physicians (nurses and nurse practioners) to conduct FS (flexible sigmoidoscopy) screening for people who are 50 years+ and have no family history of colorectal disease.

Colorectal cancer is the fourth most common cancer in Ontario - and is second only to lung cancer as a leading cause of death in Ontario.

This program is headed-up by Dr. Linda Rabeneck Regional Vice President, Cancer Care Ontario and Vice President, Regional Cancer Services, Sunnybrook & Women's College Hospital.

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